USC Architecture · Live event · 2023
Celebrating
the Creatives.
An awards evening at Warner Bros., bringing architecture, culture and creative leadership together in support of the next generation.
The occasion
Creative achievement.
A shared purpose.
- Organization
- USC Architectural Guild
- Location
- Warner Bros., Burbank
- Date
- March 21, 2023
- Format
- Awards & fundraising
The Guild’s annual celebration recognizes people shaping architecture and the wider creative landscape, while raising support for USC Architecture students.
The 2023 awards recognized Issa Rae, Mark Rios, Michael Hackman and Reza Safavi of Hackman Capital Partners, Behnaz Farahi, and Jim House. Interim Dean Willow Bay hosted the evening.
MGKcreative’s involvement centered on the live program: developing the script, running the show and taking on expanded production oversight.
MGKcreative’s contribution
From script
to stage.
Initially engaged as scriptwriter and showrunner, MGKcreative’s remit expanded into production leadership—helping streamline the program and align collaborators around the live show.
- 01 / SCRIPT
Develop the show script
Scriptwriting for the awards evening’s live program.
- 02 / SHOW
Run the live program
Showrunning to carry the written program through its onstage delivery.
- 03 / PRODUCTION
Align the collaborators
Expanded production oversight to streamline the program and coordinate its contributors.
From the evening
A closer look.
Event film
The evening, in motion.
63rd USC Architectural Guild Awards · USC Architecture
The event’s impact
Supporting the next
generation of creatives.
The evening’s fundraising supported student access and academic opportunities at USC’s School of Architecture.
Sources & image credits
Project role and scope: existing MGKcreative project page. Event details: USC’s announcement and Bustler’s March 28, 2023 coverage, linked above.
Both photographs are credited to USC School of Architecture in Bustler’s coverage. The group photograph does not include honoree Issa Rae. These photographs are selected for this review demo; publication permission remains to be confirmed.